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Iowa State University Athletics
Wednesday, October 29
Ames, Iowa
6:30 PM
Iowa State
vs
Baylor
PRIMER: ISU Hosts No. 18 Baylor, No. 6 ASU
10.28.2025 | Volleyball
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State next faces two ranked opponent at Hilton, first meeting No. 18 Baylor Wednesday. ISU then hosts Big 12 leader No. 6 Arizona State, the Cyclone's third-straight ranked opponent and sixth total of the season.
Wednesday, Oct. 29, 6:30 p.m., vs. No. 18 Baylor
ESPN+: PxP Noah Wolf, Analyst Monique Harris, Reporter Shannon Ehrhardt
BOGO Tickets | Live Stats | ESPN+ | Media Center | Notes
Friday, Nov. 1, 6:30 p.m., vs. No. 6 Arizona State
5/$5 Tickets | Live Stats | ESPN+ | Media Center | Notes
ESPN+: PxP BJ Schaben, Analyst Frank Flanagan, Reporter Abby Altman
Promotions
Wednesday is the Color it Cardinal match, and a ticket offer for BOGO tickets is available here. Cardinal "Cyclones" trucker hats will be given away to students. Friday is the Halloween match, those who dress up have the chance to win a prize. Pumpkin decorating and trick or treating will be done on the concourse and black "Iowa State Cyclones" t-shirts will be given away to students. There is also a 5/$5 ticket deal for Friday, available here.
All with football tickets to the Nov. 1 game can receive a complimentary volleyball ticket to Friday's match. Present your football ticket at the Hilton Ticket Office for admission.
By the Numbers
1 – Morgan Brandt leads all active Big 12 players with 3,420 career assists. The total ranks fourth in program history.
3 – Christy Johnson-Lynch ranks No. 3 all time in Big 12 history with 213 league victories.
5 – ISU hit at .333 or better in the first five matches of the season. The last time ISU had a stretch of five-straight .300 matches happened in in 1992.
8 – The Cyclones ended con-conference at 10-1, the best mark in eight seasons.
10 – Iowa State ranks top 10 nationally with 14.36 kills per set, the ninth-highest average. ISU also ranks 15th nationally with 13.20 assists per set.
12 – Maya Duckworth became the 12th Cyclone in program history to hit 1,000 career kills, hitting the milestone last match at No. 24 Colorado.
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— Iowa State Volleyball (@CycloneVB) October 25, 2025
Maya Duckworth hits her 1,000th career kill, becoming the 12th in Iowa State history to hit the mark. pic.twitter.com/j3VaatCArA
The 2025 Cyclones
Iowa State swept Arizona at home last week, and took a set at No. 24 Colorado. Rachel Van Gorp led the Big 12 in digs for the third-straight week with 5.43 per set. The libero had 19 in just three sets vs. Arizona and another 19 at Colorado to lead that match also.
Tierney Jackson tied the third-highest single-match hitting percentage in school history at Colorado with an errorless 12 kills on 16 swings for an efficiency of .750. Through the week, Jackson had 20 kills at .576 and five blocks. The hitting percentage ranked second in the Big 12 in week nine, and No. 1 among players with over 10 kills.
Freshman Alea Goolsby led the team with 14 kills vs. Arizona and 19 at Colorado. Her week average of 4.71 per set ranked at No. 6 in the Big 12. Goolsby had her third 20-plus point match at Colorado totaling 21.5.
Iowa State received votes in the AVCA Coaches Poll for the fourth-straight week and currently sits at No. 25 in the RPI rankings.
The Opponents
Iowa State and Baylor will meet for the 60th time in series history, while BU has won the previous two meetings. Baylor last visited Ames in 2023 for a series where ISU won the first match and the No. 18-ranked Bears took the second. In 2025 conference play, Baylor took the win in five vs. No. 9 TCU and took No. 18 Kansas to five.
Arizona State will play in Ames for just the second time, and first since 2011 where Iowa State won in four. This season, ASU is the only undefeated team in Big 12 play at 8-0. ASU has five ranked wins in 2025 over then-No. 2 Penn State, at No. 18 Kansas, vs. No. 16 Baylor, vs. No. 24 Baylor and at No. 19 BYU. Arizona State hosts No.13 TCU before coming to Ames this week.
Next Up
Iowa State has a mid-week bye next week, and faces UCF in Orlando next Saturday, Nov. 8 at 12 p.m. CT.
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